yammer

[ yam-er ]

verb (used without object)

1. to whine or complain.
2. to make an outcry or clamor.
3. to talk loudly and persistently.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint:

   They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.

noun

1. the act or noise of yammering.

yammer

/ ˈjæmə /

verb

1. to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner
2. to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently
3. intr (esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl

noun

1. a yammering sound, wail, or utterance
2. nonsense; jabber

Derived Forms

• ˈyammerer, noun

Other Words From

• yammer·er noun
• yammer·ing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of yammer¹

1275–1325; Middle English yameren (v.) < Middle Dutch jam(m ) eren, replacing Middle English yomeren, Old English gēomrian to complain, derivative of gēomor sad; akin to German Jammer lamentation

Word History and Origins

Origin of yammer¹

Old English geōmrian to grumble, complain; related to Old High German iāmar misery, lamentation, Old Norse amra to howl

Example Sentences

Nobody wants to see you sit on the air and just be yammering about yourself all day long.

From Los Angeles Times

Four criminal indictments and 91 felony counts later, Trump’s incessant yammering about victimhood has rallied his followers.

From Los Angeles Times

Headmarveller Rivera led the way back down the Taste Tower staircase, her cane clicks echoing as she yammered on.

From Literature

He yammers on about “golden showers” and left-wing “vermin” at campaign rallies, sucks up to dictators and vows to imprison his political enemies.

From Los Angeles Times

There was lots of yammering that "Barbie" is supposedly a man-hating movie, an almost inevitable complaint anytime women get prominent speaking roles — in a film directed by a woman, no less! — these days.

From Salon